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US 9,854,404 B2Granted
Techniques for generating environment and reference data reports for particular environments on behalf of mobile devices
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsStephen William Edge, Andreas Klaus Wachter, Lionel Jacques Garin, Grant Alexander Marshall
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Abstract
Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented using one or more fixed electronic devices to generate a reference data report corresponding to a particular environment. Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented using one or more mobile electronic devices to generate an environment report corresponding to a particular environment.
Claims20
A method comprising, at an electronic device:
- receiving an environment report from a mobile device, the environment report being indicative of a measurement obtained via an environmental sensor, the environmental sensor comprising a barometer, provisioned with the mobile device, and a location of the mobile device, the measurement being determined based, at least in part, on a local atmospheric pressure;
- determining a reference atmospheric pressure based at least in part on the local atmospheric pressure;
- generating an updated reference data report based, at least in part, on the local atmospheric pressure of the environment report, the updated reference data report comprising:
- the reference atmospheric pressure;
- a reference altitude corresponding to the reference atmospheric pressure at the location of the mobile device;
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- an existing reference data report, the existing reference data report comprising atmospheric pressure measurements and location measurements communicated from one or more mobile devices, the atmospheric pressure measurements and the location measurements being obtained in an area including the location of the mobile device;
- and
- transmitting the updated reference data report to the mobile device.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving an environment report from a mobile device, the environment report being indicative of a measurement obtained via an environmental sensor, the environmental sensor comprising a barometer, provisioned with the mobile device, and a location of the mobile device, the measurement being based, at least in part, on a local atmospheric pressure;
- means for determining a reference atmospheric pressure based at least in part on the local atmospheric pressure;
- means for generating an updated reference data report based, at least in part, on the local atmospheric pressure of the environment report, the updated reference data report comprising:
- the reference atmospheric pressure;
- a reference altitude corresponding to the reference atmospheric pressure at the location of the mobile device;
- and
- an existing reference data report, the existing reference data report comprising atmospheric pressure measurements and location measurements communicated from one or more mobile devices, the atmospheric pressure measurements and the location measurements being obtained in an area including the location of the mobile device;
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- means for transmitting the updated reference data report to the mobile device.
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A device comprising:
- a network interface unit;
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- a processing unit to:
- obtain an environment report received from a mobile device via the network interface unit, the environment report being indicative of a measurement obtained via an environmental sensor, the environmental sensor comprising a barometer, provisioned with the mobile device, and a location of the mobile device, the measurement being based, at least in part, on a local atmospheric pressure;
- determine a reference atmospheric pressure based, at least in part, on the local atmospheric pressure;
- generate an updated reference data report based, at least in part, on the local atmospheric pressure of the environment report, the updated reference data report to comprise:
- the reference atmospheric pressure;
- a reference altitude corresponding to the reference atmospheric pressure at the location of the mobile device;
- and
- an existing reference data report, the existing reference data report comprising atmospheric pressure measurements and location measurements communicated from one or more mobile devices, the atmospheric pressure measurements and the location measurements being obtained in an area including the location of the mobile device;
- and
- initiate transmission of the reference data report to the mobile device via the network interface unit.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer implementable instructions stored therein that are executable by a processing unit of an electronic device to:
- obtain an environment report received from a mobile device, the environment report being indicative of a measurement obtained via an environmental sensor, the environmental sensor comprising a barometer, provisioned with the mobile device, and a location of the mobile device, the measurement being based, at least in part, on a local atmospheric pressure;
- determine a reference atmospheric pressure based at least in part on the local atmospheric pressure;
- generate an updated reference data report based, at least in part, on the local atmospheric pressure of the environment report, the updated reference data report to comprise:
- the reference atmospheric pressure;
- a reference altitude corresponding to the reference atmospheric pressure at the location of the mobile device;
- and
- an existing reference data report, the existing reference data report comprising atmospheric pressure measurements and location measurements communicated from one or more mobile devices, the atmospheric pressure measurements and the location measurements being obtained in an area including the location of the mobile device;
- and
- initiate transmission of the reference data report to the mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.